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PURCHASE THE DVD: Warm Summer Rain (1989)

The highlight of this 1989 drama is not so much the story, which was very weird, but the performance by female lead Kelly Lynch, who may have given her best performance in this flick.

A woman tries to kill herself for no apparent reason, then leaves the hospital to wander in the desert, dressed only in a hospital gown and long coat.

She wanders into a desert tavern, and gets very drunk while partying with the locals and a stranger in a tuxedo. Next morning, she wakes in the bed of an abandoned house. In bed with her is the stranger, who informs her that they were married the night before, and he has a ring and pictures to prove it.

As the relationship between these two apparently unstable people develops, both reveal secrets that should revolt the other but doesn't. There are several hot sex scenes and quite a bit of nudity, but the underlying story is serious and complex, sometimes to the point of slowing things down a little too much.

This is a very strange and deep story, and not for everyone, but I found it interesting. I also felt that of the five Kelly Lynch movies I've seen, this was by far her best performance.